The Deer Stone, bullaun stone in County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

Situated beside the Glenealo river to the S of St Kevin's Church (WI023-009----). Granite stone (dims. 0.77m x 0.86m x 0.3m) with a single conical basin (diam. 0.28m; D 0.18m). Its name derives from the story that a deer shed its milk in the basin for St Kevin. (OS Name Books; Healy 1972, 113).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI023-011

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